Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the possession of the knife was not in itself illegal , the jury should have been directed to look at the accused 's intent . |
| 2 | ODDLY , the address file would not go into the address book application , for reasons ( I assume ) to do with the latter 's format demands . |
| 3 | The eagerness with which the boy sought for knowledge , however , so impressed his schoolmaster that he continued to teach him without a fee ; then , through Hooker 's uncle who was Chamberlain of Exeter , he persuaded John Jewel , Bishop of Salisbury , to pay for him to study at the latter 's old college of Corpus Christi at Oxford . |
| 4 | The attraction between the conjectured planet and Uranus was to account for the latter 's departure from its initially predicted orbit . |
| 5 | " You tell me how to get to the seneschal 's office , " Quiss said evenly , " or I shall boil you alive , understand ? " |